EU Gas Maintenance: Norwegian Flows to Pick Up This Weekend

Norwegian natural gas pipeline flows to Europe are relatively stable on the day at 235.2mcm/d but supply is expected to improve from Friday with the end to the maintenance at the Karsto processing plant and some smaller fields, Gassco remit data show.

• Norwegian outages will reduce to 72.9mcm/d on Friday and to 63-67mcm/d this weekend. Supplies to Europe remained within the 2018-2022 range since 21 September, while flows remain below the five-year average since 24 August.
• The 125mcm/d Troll field has still not fully returned from maintenance. Supply will be limited by 10mcm/d on 19 Sept to 6 Oct, by 29mcm/d on 6 Oct until 12 Oct, by 15mcm/d on 12-16 Oct and by 6mcm/d on 22-23 Oct.
• The Karsto processing facility will have an outage of 67.6mcm/d on 27-28 Sept.
• Maintenance at the Skarv field will last until 8 Oct, limiting full supply of 22.1mcm/d. The duration remains uncertain due to processing problems.
• The maintenance at the Ormen Lange field will last until 7 Oct, affecting 24.5mcm/d.
• The maintenance at the Asgard field is scheduled until 14 Oct with 13.6mcm/d unavailable with additional unavailability on 28-29 Sept. Sleipner also scheduled small works for 28-29 Sept.
• The 9mcm/d Dvalin field will have planned maintenance until 30 Sept.
• The small maintenance at the Kvitebjorn field has been extended by two days until 1 October.
• Smaller maintenances at the Gulfaks, Visund, fields are scheduled to conclude on 29 Sept and at the Norne field on 28 Sept.
• Oseberg works have been delayed by three days to 3 October to last one day.
• The ongoing repairs at the Kollsnes processing plant will reduce supplies by 11mcm/d until 16 Oct.
• The Dornum terminal will have maintenance on 27-28 Sept limiting 48mcm/d of gas supplies.
• In France, the Dunkerque LNG terminal will have capped sendout until 29 Sept. The Fos Cavaou LNG terminal will have no flows until 2 Oct.
• In the UK, unavailability at the St. Fergus terminal is as followed during annual maintenance:
• 30.8mcm/d until 2 October, 10.8mcm/d until 9 Nov, 15.8mc/d on 20 Oct until 1 Nov, 30.8mcm/d on 19-20 Oct.
• The Barrow North terminal will have limited availability until 8 Oct.
• In Germany, the Emden gas terminal will start works two days later on 3 October.